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Under the global trend of the rapid development of electric vehicles, Tesla's stock price has repeatedly reached record highs, and its market capitalization is ahead of the sum of the nine major automakers. At the same time, Volkswagen Group has also invested heavily in the electric vehicle market. Coupled with the amazing market value created by China's new car manufacturers, it seems that the century-old automobile market is on the rise of the "electric car revolution". In the face of the current environment, Toyota boss Akio Toyoda connected to "shelling" electric vehicles.

Akio Toyoda said at a year-end news conference of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association that pure electric cars actually bring more pollution because in some places, electricity is mainly supplied by burning coal and natural gas. He also warned that if the government decides to end fuel cars so early, our current business model will collapse; many companies will die out and a lot of investment money will go down the drain. At the same time, he also "complained" that electric cars were over-hyped and Tesla's share price was seriously overvalued.

To the outside world, Toyota looks like a traditional carmaker, instead of focusing on pure electric vehicles, it insists on gas-electric hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Therefore, in the global wave of electric vehicles, Toyota seems to be "excluded", unable to keep up with the current transformation of automakers.

In response to Toyoda Akio's remarks, he Xiaopeng, chairman of Xiaopeng Automobile, a new force in domestic car building, and CEO he Xiaopeng took the lead in expressing his position.

He Xiaopeng said, "I can't help thinking of the following story-- Microsoft announced that the acquisition of Nokia was officially completed on April 25, 2014. when Nokia's current CEO Yoma Ollila announced at a press conference that he agreed to Microsoft's acquisition, he finally said,'We didn't do anything wrong, but I don't know why we lose.' With that, dozens of Nokia executives, including him, could not help crying. "

He Xiaopeng also attached a picture of the report of Akio Toyoda's comments on this Weibo. And the moral of its story about Nokia is clear.

According to foreign media reports, Akio Toyoda recently delivered a speech at a year-end news conference in his capacity as president of the Japan Automobile Industry Association, attacking the fast-growing electric vehicles from many aspects.

Akio Toyoda said that in countries like Japan, where most of the electricity comes from coal and natural gas, the promotion of electric vehicles is bad for the environment. "the more electric cars we produce, the more carbon dioxide we emit."

Akio Toyoda also explained that in Japan, if all cars were to be driven by electric power, there could be power shortages in the summer. At the same time, we have to face the continuous investment of about 14 trillion yuan to 37 trillion yen in the infrastructure for the full transformation of electric vehicles.

He also attacked Japanese politicians. Akio Toyoda mentioned whether it had considered that the business model of the Japanese auto industry would collapse and even cause millions of jobs if the government imposed a ban on fuel models.

Earlier, according to the Japan Broadcasting Association, a number of Japanese officials said that Japan plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-fueled cars around 2035, hoping to change the models sold from gasoline vehicles to electric vehicles, hybrid cars and fuel cell vehicles. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, Japan has not made a decision on the plan.

At this press conference, Akio Toyoda once again mentioned Tesla's amazing market capitalization. "Tesla has not only seriously overvalued himself by $400 billion, but is not mature enough to influence global automotive trends, especially in the field of electric vehicle technology," he said. "

Tesla replaced Toyota as the world's largest carmaker by market capitalization in July. Toyota currently has a market capitalization of $215 billion, while Tesla's market capitalization has tripled to $658.8 billion.

At present, Tesla, Lulai Automobile, Xiaopeng Automobile, Volkswagen Group and German automakers seem to be the representatives of the transformation and development direction of pure electric vehicles. Toyota, on the other hand, is considered one of the "conservatives", but Toyota itself has an advantage in gas-electric hybrid technology and hydrogen fuel cell technology.

At present, government agencies in many developed countries are trying to restrict the sale of traditional fuel vehicles in advance and set a timetable for banning the sale of fuel vehicles. China plans to reach 50% of annual sales of energy-efficient cars and new energy vehicles by 2035.

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